Camden NJ sets new murder record

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Fresno CA had that record for several years in the 80s. Crime is now down over all 80% from its peak, But where it was localized in certain neighborhoods now the bad actors are scattered around the city. And there are no safe areas! DR

The city recorded its 59th murder, breaking the previous record of 58 in 1995.

At 46.8 per 100K persons (as listed by city-data.com), Camden's murder rate's about 35% higher than Detroit's, quadruple that of East Palo Alto (CA), double that of Cincinnati or Oakland (CA), and ~8x higher than New York City or Los Angeles. Bummer for Camden.

Do we have any stats on the proportion of those murders which were done with illegally possessed
guns? There are plenty of ways to murder people. Plenty get killed by knives; a few unlucky ones
get chocked or beaten to death.

IF the high murder rate is due to gun violence (my guess is that it is, but I'm asking), that pretty
much puts the lie to the NJ approach to public safety.

If the Union is once severed, the line of separation will grow wider and wider, and the controversies which are now debated and settled in the halls of legislation will then be tried in fields of battle and determined by the sword.
Andrew Jackson

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along." . . . You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt

Fresno CA had that record for several years in the 80s. Crime is now down over all 80% from its peak, But where it was localized in certain neighborhoods now the bad actors are scattered around the city. And there are no safe areas! DR